Antislipping device for horseshoes.



l P ATENTED JUNE l19,

L. ALARME. ANTISLIPPING DEvwE POR HoRsBsHoEs.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 2, 1904.

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Louis ALARME oFNEw YORK, N. Y.

y No. 823,497.

' y. Specification of Letters Patent.

"fANTiSLIfPPINC-z. DEVICE Fon HoBsEsHoEs.

raten/tea .rune 19, i1 90e.

Applicationiled April 2, 1904. Serial No.' 201,250.

.To all whom it may concern.' y

- Be it'known'that I, Louis ALARME, a citizeny of the'UnitedStates, and aresidentof New Yorkfinthe county and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful vImprovements in Antislipping Devices for v Horseshoes, `ofwhich the followir'lg is a specification. f

, My invention relates to' antislipping devices for horseshoes."

' It has for its object tov y vice adapted to.be removablyk attached toa horseshoe, so that when the streets are .slipperyl by reason' of being covered with snow orv 1ce or from being wet and muddy aynumber v of suchl devices may be readily attached to horses shoes or readilyl removed therefrom bility, strength, simp icity,

when the ycondition of the streetsy doesnot requireit, thereby obviatingthe necessity for It hasfor a rther ob'ectto provide a device of the 'character set forth embodying advantages in point of eneral utility, adjustaand inexpensiveness.v l.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is abottom plan view of the device applied to a horseshoe. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the fastening-blocks in full lines in locked position.

. said device comprising aplate 2, adapted tok Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line x of Fig. 2. 'y Fig. 41 is a transerse sectional view taken on the line 'y y of Corres onding parts in all the are denoted y the same reference characters.

Referring tothe drawings, 1 designates a horseshoe to which my'device is attached,

be placed against the under surface of the horseshoe and being of such size and shape as to leavev the heads of the 'shoeing-nails unc covered.

The uppersurfaceof thel late'2 is intej grally formed with aforward ip 3, adapted to engage over the top surface of the horseshoe at the front between theshoe andthe horses hoof, and transverselyextending guidesl 4,

- and a number 'of sharp-pointed prongsv 5 are riveted to the plate and proj e'ctdownwardly ssk from its under ,side for the purpose of engaging the ice or thesurface of the street to vgive lthe horse a good and secure foothold, and

thus prevent slipping.

The plate is removably-secured inplace on the horseshoe by means of blocks 6, which provide 'such ade-l' are adjustably held between the guidesl 4 .by means of screws 7, which project through transversely-'extending elongated y slotsS in the plate 2 and engage threaded holes 9 in such blocks, said blocks having laterally-projecting lips 10, adapted to engage over the top-surface of thehorseshoe at the sides between the shoe and the horse s hoof -when they guides are at their outer position `agair'ist the under surface of4 the shoe and.`

and to be disengaged therefrom when slid to their inner position.-

The operation is as follows: To attach the i device to a horseshoe, the-plate 2 isplaced slld forward until the lip 3 engages over the u per surface of the shoe at the front, the blbcks 6 are slid outwardly until the lips 10 engage over the upper surface of the shoe at the sides, andthe screws 7 then tightened to lock the blocks, and to detach the device it is only necessary to loosen the screws 7 and slide the blocks 6 inwardly until their lips bev come disengaged from thehorseshoe.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details of construction and arrangement yas herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest that `vari-ations and modiiications may be made in the features of construction and arrangement in the adap-v tation of the device to various conditions of use without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention and improvements. l

.therefore reserve the right to all such variationfand modiiication as properlyfall withinl the scope of my invention and the terms of the followin claim. l

Havingkt us described my invention, lI'

claim and desire to secure by LettersjPatenty An improved antislipping device for horseshoes, comprising the plate 2 adapted to fit against the under side of a horseshoe and conforming in contour thereto, the lip 3 projecting upwardly and forwardlyat the front end f of the plate and adapted to engage over the top surface of the horseshoe at its front, the series of prongs 5 extending around the edge of the plateand projectin downwardly from roo the bottom surface thereo the guides 4 4 prov jectin inparallel position from the top surface'otheplate and extending transversely adjacent to the rear end of the plate, the' elongated slots 8y in the plate between said. guides, the blocks 6 slidable upon the top surface of the plat e between said guidesand IIO,

having the lip 10 adapted to engage ovei1 the In testimony whereof I have signed niy top surface of the horseshoe near its rear name in the presence of the subscribing Witends, and the securing-screws projecting upnesses.

Wardly through the said slots 8 into the LOUIS ALARME. blocks 6 Which are slidably maintained and Witnesses: guided between the transverse guides 4, sub- ROBERT W. BERNARD,

stantially as set forth; WILLIAM GRAVES. 

